Archive | March, 2009

Great Opportunity

On Monday afternoon, Dr. Geoff Hammond, President of the North American Mission Board, was with us for a few minutes in our staff meeting, then I met with him privately.  He reminded us that the American population is now at 303 million people.  What a tremendous opportunity exists for us as we try to reach [...]

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Nothing Like The Lord’s Moving

I was thinking today, there is nothing like God moving among us. Just think back over this past week of God’s activity among us and through our people.  Through two of our missionary journeys, we saw 218 people come to Christ this past week.
Through our MOTION Student missionary journey to Oklahoma City, 208 people [...]

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Three Days

This coming Sunday, March 29, we will begin to experience the powerful and dramatic musical presentation of THREE DAYS. The first of the three days will be The Day of Compassion. On April 5 we will focus on The Day of Sacrifice. And on Easter Weekend April 11 and 12 – the Day of Triumph. [...]

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Tired of Debt…Segment, Concentrate, Dominate!

“I owe, I owe, so off to work I go.” Ever feel like DEBT weighs you down and keeps you from enjoying the very thing you purchased with it? Isn’t it funny how that happens? If you have experienced debt, you can fully understand what the writer of Proverbs meant when he said, “The borrower [...]

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Giving Confidence Back To The American Consumer

Are you sitting there, like me, wondering what happened to the confidence of America? Why every piece of bad news sends the stock market into a “Sky is Falling” mentality?  Why are we so shaky?  So insecure?  So dependent upon the next piece of news to be good or we’ll just crumble?  Reality is [...]

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Finding Freedom

Hello Everyone – I have the opportunity this week while Pastor is away to communicate to you about the financial ministry in our church. Our church is here to help in these trying times! With fluctuating gas prices, home foreclosures, loss of jobs, and bank closings, we are left to wonder how much more [...]

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Fear

Because of all that is happening in our nation at this time, most people are absolutely paralyzed with fear. The online dictionary, Wikipedia, defines fear as “an emotional response to threat or danger.”  Fear does harmful things to us today, but also has a damaging effect for the future.

Fear paralyzes you in the present.
Fear forfeits [...]

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Why Worry?

We all have things we worry about every day. God knows that, and He spoke of it in Matthew 6: 25-34.  He specifically mentioned three areas, and most of us are guilty of worrying about these things:

Our lives
Our needs
What tomorrow holds

Unfortunately, we also have a false sense of security, thinking that the comforts of life [...]

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Last Night

Oh my, the family was all together at our home for dinner tonight and oh, wow! The children were children all the way.  Activity never stopped.  Jeana cooked dinner.  We all chase the children.  Meredith was very sick Saturday and Sunday, so she was barely functioning tonight, mostly laid on the couch trying to recover [...]

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My Sunday And More

My Sunday was a very good day. From the very early morning time with God, to my 35 minute run, to the worship services, to the preaching experiences, to the interaction with our people, and to last night’s Dinner With the Pastor at our Springdale Campus, we had a very productive and blessed day. The [...]

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